11 Jul
2011
11 Jul
'11
5:17 p.m.
On Sunday, July 10, 2011 07:05:16 AM Giles Coochey wrote:
I guess what I was trying to say is that for fiber connections duplex has no meaning, was there ever a fiber 'hub' where multiple point to point connections 'shared' a medium? (in a virtual sense)
You can make/get passive fiber hubs that act like old thinnet. They aren't common, and I don't recall if any GigE ones exist.
You can actually make these if you have a fusion splicer with enough manual controllability.
So, yes, you can have a true CSMA/CD fiber hub, where the hub is a totally passive fiber device.